The cost of damage caused by hurricanes and wildfires in the U.S. in 2017, making it the most expensive year for natural disasters on record.
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The fifth-largest gem-quality diamond ever found (See "910" below)
$306 billion
23,249,425
The number of digits in the largest known prime number—one that can’t be divided evenly by another number. A man in Tennessee recently discovered it.
910
The weight in carats of a recently discovered diamond—the fifth-largest gem-quality diamond ever found. It was unearthed in the kingdom of Lesotho.
90
The percent of wildlife at risk of death in a country at war, according to a new study.
2
The number of hours a hypersonic jet being developed in China would take to fly from Beijing to New York City.
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